Top News Headlines of 17 February 2010

The Government today said the “dastardly attack” on Eastern Frontier Rifle jawans in West Bengal has strengthened its resolve to fight the Maoist menace.

The government is likely to consider infusion of Rs 800 crore as equity in the cash-strapped Air India tomorrow, but wants the airline to take “extraordinary” measures to achieve a financial turnaround.

The Mullaperiyar dam case took a new twist on Wednesday with the Supreme Court constituting a high-level empowered committee to go into all issues, including the safety aspects of the dam, raising the water level beyond 136 ft as also Kerala’s demand for a new dam.

The Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) on Tuesday took a “unanimous” decision to adopt a core curriculum for physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics at the senior secondary level.

Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile strike has killed at least three people near the Afghan border.